Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 154 Return of the Dead?
Early Monday morning, not long after Shiraishi arrived at the office, he received a call from Director Nishimura - Nishimura Musashi, the director of NishiMusashino Police Station.

Although he didn't express his gratitude directly to avoid giving people the wrong impression, Nishimura not only took the initiative to greet him, but also praised Shiraishi to the utmost...

Obviously, the other party has already remembered the favor.

After Shiraishi hung up the phone, he also came to the criminal justice class, ready to encourage everyone - after all, Saturday's investigation was Shiraishi's "private job".

If there isn't even a KPI, you still have to make empty promises, right?

However, as soon as he arrived at the corridor of the Criminal Division office area, Shiraishi noticed the solemn atmosphere, and...

vomit--

In the women's bathroom, there were still sounds of vomiting and comforting - Shiraishi could tell that the person who was vomiting was Kawai, and the one comforting him was Fuji.

Shiraishi was not suitable to eavesdrop here, so he went directly to the big office of the Criminal Division. When he saw Kunikida's serious face, Shiraishi knew...

Something must have happened!
"Director..."

"Hello Director!"

……

Seeing Shiraishi coming, the detectives saluted one after another, but... they were obviously not in high spirits, and the atmosphere was a bit solemn.

"Director, I was just about to come to you... A murder has just been discovered at the Teitan Shrine in Beika-cho 5-chome." When Kunikida saw Shiraishi coming, he quickly stood up and said with a serious face.

"Huh? Not an ordinary murder case?" Shiraishi immediately noticed Kunikida's seriousness - not to mention that this is Beika Town, and you have to know that Kunikida was once the head of the Sou 16th Department. He would not have such an expression for an ordinary homicide case!
"Excuse me, these are photos of the scene..." Kunikida said, and pasted several photos of corpses directly on the whiteboard next to him.

If it were any other director, Kunikida would never do this - after all, those "directors" probably wouldn't be able to accept this stimulation, and wouldn't be able to help!
When Shiraishi saw the photo of the corpse on the whiteboard, he also frowned...

The corpse was leaning against the offering box at the entrance of Teitan Shrine. It was covered in blood and blood was everywhere around it. The source of the blood was also very obvious. All I could see was... the corpse's hands and feet were all broken at the wrists!

Even in Beika Town, it is a very shocking crime scene.

The 5th chome intersection is also where Kawai and Fuji are located. They should have been the first to arrive not long ago. No wonder the child is vomiting like that now... He has been vomiting for a while and the symptoms have eased a little!
"The victim, Shusuke Tsumura, is now an employee of a security company, but... I know this person. Three years ago, he was a detective in the 5th Section of the 1st Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. He should have been a deputy inspector when he resigned." Kunikida said at this time.

At around six o'clock this morning, after the shrine priest reported the case, patrol police from the 5-chome intersection arrived immediately and the Criminal Division also dispatched police immediately.

Although Kunikida did not go to the scene, after seeing the appearance of the deceased in the photo, he immediately decided to report to Shiraishi - because he knew the victim, and... combined with his identity, this death had some "explanation"!
Just at this moment, Bai Shi came over.

"What a cruel method...what the former detective said...is it a vendetta?" Shiraishi also grinned.

After all, Shiraishi was a detective in a "pair" before, and although many of the people in Souichi looked familiar to him, he did not recognize them at first sight from their miserable condition because he was a detective who had resigned three years ago. However, Kunikida had been in Souichi for a long time, so he recognized him immediately.

Bai Shi then seemed to remember something and frowned, "Wait... my hands and feet were cut off... why do I feel a little familiar?"

"That's right, the cause of death... is the same as the serial murder case of the cannibal three years ago!" Kunikida said immediately.

Kawai had just come back from leaning against the wall when he heard this key word. His face turned purple and he asked in a low voice: "Ogre? Minister Fuji, is this a metaphor?"

Kawai only joined the police force this year and is not a native of Dongdu, so he didn't know about the case.

"No, literally. Three years ago, four murders occurred in Dongdu. The victims were unrelated to each other, and their hands and feet were chopped off and taken away. Later, uneaten body parts were found in the murderer's home... During that time, all the police officers in Dongdu worked overtime to patrol."

Although none of the serial murders occurred in the Beika Police Station, all police officers in Touto were working overtime at the time, so Fuji has a deep memory of it.

"Ouch... Ugh——" Kawai tried to hold back again, but couldn't, and turned around and rushed out again.

At the same time, when Kunikida said this, Shiraishi immediately remembered: "Yes, yes, the murderer is called Takegami Sadajiro, right?"

"That's right, and the murdered former detective Shusuke Tsumura was one of the police officers who arrested Takegami at that time!" Kunikida said affirmatively.

Although Kunikida has been in the Publicity Section of the General Affairs Department since six years ago and has not been involved in frontline investigations, the "Ogre Serial Murder Case" three years ago had such a huge impact that the Publicity Section was very busy trying to quell the controversy and appease the unrest among the people!
Therefore, Kunikida was deeply impressed by this case. When he saw the death, he was familiar with it. Later, he found out that the deceased was one of the police officers who arrested the murderer Takegami Sadajiro...

Bai Shi couldn't help but frown at this moment - this could hardly be called a coincidence!

"Could it be... another group of idiots who worship perverts and imitate crimes?" Bai Shi's face darkened.

This is the custom among the people of Dongdao.

A perverted murderer would also attract a group of idiots to worship him! "It's not certain yet. It could be that the criminal that former detective Tsumura had arrested before imitated him in order to deliberately mislead the police," Kunikida added.

Indeed, since it was a "former criminal police officer who was murdered", there are many people who have a "motive for murder"...

Shiraishi and Kunikida both hope so!
If it was done by someone who had a grudge against former detective Tsumura, firstly, there would be traces to follow during the search, and secondly, the murderer's actions would be relatively controllable...

If he really is a brain-dead admirer of a perverted murderer, a pure pleasure-seeker, then not only will it be difficult to find him, but he will also most likely commit crimes again!
This is why Kunikida's expression just now was particularly ugly...

In order to reassure Shiraishi, Kunikida specifically said, "Fortunately, fingerprints were found at the scene. Kanzaki has sent them for analysis and comparison. If it was really done by someone with a criminal record, I believe there will be news soon."

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

At this moment, Kanzaki walked in with lifeless eyes and tripped over the threshold.

"Why are you so anxious? Are the results out?" Kunikida scolded.

"Yes... Section Chief, Director, the results are out. The fingerprints at the scene do match those of a criminal with a criminal record." Kanzaki said as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Kunikida and Shiraishi both breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

"Who is it? Apply for a wanted warrant immediately, and all detectives who can be mobilized should..." Kunikida was about to cut the Gordian knot, but was interrupted by Kanzaki.

"Wait! Section Chief... I'm afraid this... won't work." Kanzaki said as he placed the printed fingerprint library comparison results on the table.

When Kunikida and Shiraishi saw this, their faces froze. At the same time... several detectives who were nearby stretched their necks curiously, wanting to know who was so powerful that Kanzaki didn't dare to issue a wanted notice?

Don’t you know how brave our director is?
Even if it is...

Um? this……

When people saw the fingerprint comparison results, their faces changed, and they also understood Kanzaki's concerns.

This, I really can’t apply for a warrant!
No matter how brave the director is, it’s useless!
The fingerprint comparison has a 99% match rate, and the matching person is... Takegami Sadajiro!

Kunikida didn't even need to read the words, he knew who this was when he saw the photo...

"What a joke... Which prison should Zhu Shen be in now? He can't be on parole!" Bai Shi couldn't help but said angrily when he saw this.

Shiraishi's first reaction was that there was something dirty about it.

However, Kunikida shook his head and said, "That's impossible... Takegami was executed a year ago."

"Huh?" Bai Shi was stunned when he heard that.

Shiraishi didn't care much about this matter, but Kunikida from the "Publicity Department" knew it clearly!
After all, this perverted murderer has attracted considerable attention at the social level, from his arrest, to prosecution, and finally to his execution, and these are what the publicity class is supposed to deal with.

"One year ago... that was the death warrant signed by that guy Inukai? Tsk tsk, I never thought... he is not without his good points." Shiraishi muttered at this time.

In East Island countries, the death penalty requires the signature of the Minister of Justice after the court's verdict before it can be executed.

In recent decades, influenced by the "abolition of death penalty trend", very few justice ministers are willing to sign. The death penalty is basically equivalent to "life imprisonment", and even if the court sentences it, it will not be actually executed!
Upon hearing that a death penalty had been carried out a year ago, Shiraishi was somewhat impressed by that Inukai.

However, in this case, applying for a wanted warrant for a "dead person" is obviously impossible!
At the same time, Shiraishi also discovered that Kanzaki was not in a good state at this time. After checking his attribute list, he discovered that the first one in "Body" was [Shaken Beliefs] and the second one was [Self-doubt].

Combined with some previous "rumors", Shiraishi probably guessed the reason, so he said: "Detective Kanzaki, although scientific evidence collection is the key to solving the case, you must also understand that not everything can be solved by scientific evidence collection."

After returning from the training, Ryuichi Kanzaki's confidence in "scientific evidence collection" increased greatly, and could even be said to be inflated. He believed that "there is no case that cannot be solved by scientific evidence collection."

But the current situation completely confused him - the scientific evidence search pointed in an unscientific direction... The dead person came back?
"Forensics is making progress, but in the final analysis, it is still people who use technology, and when people are involved, there will be loopholes." Shiraishi lectured him.

Kanzaki came back to his senses after hearing this. After a moment of silence, he said, "Director, are you saying... the death penalty is fake?"

Shiraishi:……

You are too distrustful of people!

(End of this chapter)